Package-forming means.



G. W. DOHM.

PACKAGE FORMING MEANS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1911.

1,076,1 99. Patented 001;. 21, 1913.

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CHARLES W.DOH1VI, OF CT-IICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO PABAFFINE PAINT COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, OALIFQENIA, A. CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

PACKAGE-FORMING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application filed April 24, 1911. Serial No. 622,956.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Donn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago Heights, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package Foi-ming Means, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in package forming means and has for its object the provision of an improved package forming means adapted to form a package for shipping purposes.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and. claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mandrel employed in forming the package, Fig. 2, an end elevation of the mandrel, Fig. 3, an end elevation of the receptacle employed in the device, Fig. 4, a side elevation of the receptacle, Fig. 5, a partial perspective view of the receptacle shown in closed position, Fig. 6, an end view of the receptacle in position on the mandrel for forming the pack age, Fig. 7, an end view of the receptacle on the mandrel showing the relative positions of the parts at the beginning of forming the package, and Fig. 8, a view similar to F 7, but showing the package in a somewhat later stage of formation.

The package to be formed as illustrated in the drawings comprises a receptacle 1 made of a sheet of fabric such as burlap and rolled into substantially cylindrical form when it is extended with one end secured. to the other portion of the sheet by stitching or otherwise as at 2, thus leaving a protruding securing flap 3 as indicated. The same flap- 3 is made somewhat narrower than the body of the receptacle so as to leave ends '1'- which may be folded inwardly and sewed together by suitable stitching to close the ends of the receptacle.

The mandrel employed for forming the package is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and comprises a hollow cylindrical body 5 cut away throughout one portion 6 as shown, said portion 6 being of a size to receive the receptacle 1 when filled with the flap 3 protruding as indicated in Fig. 6.

The package is intended for shipment of flexible articles such as roofing paper in the form of rolls and the receptacle 1 is intended for the reception of articles such. as tacks and washers or other appurtenances such as are sold and shipped with roofing paper. These appurtenances are first placed in receptacle 1 and the ends i thereof are 7 closed. Then receptacle 1 is placed in mandrel 5 with the securing flap 3 protruding as indicated in Fig. 6. The end of a sheet of roofing paper 7 is then placed against the package adjacent flap 3 and mandrel 5 is rotated to wind the sheet 7 and flap 3 onto the mandrel, as indicated in Figs. 7 and 8. By this procedure, it will be observed that the securing flap will be inclosed in the coils of the sheet 7 and thus securely hold the receptacle 1 in the roll. The roll is then withdrawn endwise from mandrel 5 and further tied and wrapped as desired for shipment, and will be found to furnish a simple and secure package for the purpose.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred construction for carrying my invention into effect this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of my invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a means for forming a package, a hollow rotatable mandrel adapted to receive a package and supported entirely at one end, said mandrel being cut away at its free end for substantially one-half of its width and for a length substantially equal to the package, substantially as described.

2. As a means for forming a package, a In testimony whereof I have signed my hollow rotatable mandrel adapted to receive name to th1s speelfication 1n the presence of a package and supported eutlrely at one two subscrlbmg Witnesses.

end, said mandrel being cut away at its free CHARLES W. DOHM. 5 end for substantially one-half of its width Vitnesses:

and for more than one-half the length of the WV. 0. SMITH,

mandrel, substantially as described. JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

